/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.12053360]

Post great books that don't get discussed on /lit/ enough.

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[Anonymous No.12054359]

>>12053360
I am very fond of Dumas, but he gets dismissed around here because many if his books were serials. Many of the same people then forget that some of dostos best work originated as serials.

[Anonymous No.12054639]

Which translation is the Vintage edition? It doesn't seem to say anywhere I look.

[Anonymous No.12054670]

Reading this right now

[Anonymous No.12054675]

>>12053360
My favourite book of all time. It's stunning. It has everything I love in a book that I read for genuine pleasure.

Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion but I didn't love The Three Musketeers

[Anonymous No.12054708]

>>12053360
an extraordinary trilogy somewhere between Dostoevski and Paul Auster

[Anonymous No.12054715]

The video game you tuber let's player and arguably it's originator : DarksydePhil made a souls (of or pertaining to dark or demon souls video game franchises in addition to bloodborne) character called Dumass or Dumas and from then on I can only associate such words with the well intended warm chuckles of Phil Burnell and his extravagant reactions to the goings on in the video game. When the video ends I think to myself . Which is real? My reality or the videogame? Are video game creators some kind of shaman that are able to bring such amazing alien experiences before us from nothing ? In our world there are so many strange beautiful things and to deny the spirituality of it all is a testament to ignorance and an unwillingness for independent thought. It is funny to me and likely not a coincidence that the places where I've found the most atheists have been in the humanities and social sciences. While the natural sciences are abundant with spiritualists and theists. It is even more funny that those atheists wish to cite natural sciences as a reason for atheism despite never studying it extensively themselves. This leads to the disturbing notion and extended adolescence that comes from the beautification and romanticization of nihilism. I see such misguided fools all around me in the Internet and off it. Jokes such as pic related are simply awful and merely show how much of a child you are. You want to kill yourself and hate yourself ? Don't talk to me so casually about such nonsense . Get mental help or find some way to mature yourself . Stop bludgeoning yourself into inactivity.

[Anonymous No.12054958]

>>12053360
I'm reading that right now, it's a good time

[Anonymous No.12054981]

Easily the best, most comprehensive history book I've read. I cannot fathom why /lit/ sleeps on Peter Watson, who is a brilliant writer.

[Anonymous No.12054987]

Pictured

[Anonymous No.12055038]

>>12054987
is saki any good or is it just >le ebin british humour?

[Anonymous No.12055345]

>>12054675
I don't remember posting this!? I haven't read many classic kino novels or much proper literature but this is without a doubt the best thing i've read so far.

Absolutely comfy and endearing at times

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[Anonymous No.12056329]

Moravagine, I'm surprised you faggots haven't copped on to this memeworthy masterpiece yet. Apart from one guy.

[Anonymous No.12056335]

pic related

[Anonymous No.12056342]

>>12055038
Oscar Wilde lite

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[Anonymous No.12056367]

>>12053360
I can see my copy of the count of monte cristo from here. It's the same print as OP's pic. I never finished it, last I remember he was trying to escape from jail.

[Anonymous No.12056393]

>>12056367
im reading it right now
i think you should try and read it again
cant quite say why but it sort of took be a bit to "power through" the prison part too, it didnt read as quickly

i recommend you try again theres some fun stuff

[Anonymous No.12056410]

>>12056393
It wasn't bad I think I just got distracted

[Anonymous No.12056462]

>>12056410
>It wasn't bad I think I just got distracted
don't feel bad about it, so did Dumas, the protagonists' names and back stories change halfway through.

[Anonymous No.12056513]

>>12056329
I liked The Astonished Man by Cendrars.
Not quite as over the top as Moravagine but still pretty eventful.

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[Anonymous No.12056530]

>>12056513
man of taste, carry on m8.

[Anonymous No.12056538]

I’m just in awe of this man’s gnosis after every page